2026 Project 52 - Weekly photos from Geoff F

Week 20 - Malborough 'Airport' - I was recording wildlife beside the old WW2 airstrip which is still used by a group of keen amateur pilots. Not much wildlife around but some aircraft activity required a quick change of lens and camera settings which didn't allow for much 'thinking time'. Midday with a poor hazy light.

New hangar and old bunker, which was constructed as a cold war communications centre in the 1950s

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Landing - With all local airports now closed this has become an important landing and refuelling location for cross channel light aircraft.

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Ready for take off

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Customs House and old control tower. That blue hut is now a self reporting customs building with the old WW2 control tower in the background

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Week 21 - From Woodleigh Wood. We had a spell of hot weather with a harsh and rather hazy light which made landscape photography difficult but I had a go at a few scenes while photographing insects.

A big sky

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Looking towards the village of Loddiswell - with a poor light angle. Definitely not a prizewinner. :rolleyes:

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Slowly increasing cloud

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Week 22 - Now back to some typical English summer weather - thick fog.

My garden at 8 am this morning

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You have a great wall hanger. Print big and stick on the living room wall.

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Week 23 - Southern Marsh Orchid. Two groups of people, all dressed up in their countryside walking gear, went past a group of about 30 orchids but nobody noticed them. So I thought I will have a go at photographing one of the orchids in its wild state.

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7D with Sigma 180 macro lens. 1/200 F18 Iso 400. Flash, on tripod. Merge of two focus points.

Nobody seems to notice the scenery or wildlife anymore. Or have I finally joined the Grumpy Old Mens Brigade. :rolleyes:

Week 24 - Cows grazing near Hangman's Cross If I said this was California would you believe me?

No not America, this is California, South Devon, UK. Boasting a farm, fuel filling station, pub and 2 houses. Dartmoor in the background.

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7D with Canon 24-105 lens 1/200 F9 Iso 250. Merge of two bracketed exposures. Rather harsh light.

Week 25 - Increasing cloud. We have had a week of exceptionally hot and sticky weather but probably just a normal day for many other countries. Now back to normal with plenty of clouds and a thunderstorm.

After a bright morning with a clear blue sky some windswept cloud arrived about 9 am.

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7D with Canon 24-105 lens 1/400 F11 Iso 400 merge of two bracketed exposures.

And a few recent insects.

Common Blue Damselfly with a substantial lunch of a bug (nymph stage)

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Sigma 180 macro lens 1/400 F10 Iso 400 on tripod

A pair of Sicus ferrugineus flies

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1/320 F9 Iso 400

Well done on the lunching Damselfly.
Good to hear the heat has dissepated and you are back to normal again.....

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Trouble is the normal UK weather is wet and windy, like today. But there were sunny spells yesterday.

Week 26 - Bolberry Down, part of the coast path where I was recording insects yesterday.

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Unidentified wildflower from yesterday, possibly a variety of Flax?

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And a strange looking very small insect. Heterotoma planicornis

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That's a lovely start to the year. Looking forward to seeing those comparison shots and the local skies too!

Thanks for your comment. I have started Part 3 here

2026 Project 52 - Weekly photos from Geoff F - Part 3

I split this project into 4 sections which is easier to see for people with poor internet speeds.